A case of possible doxycycline-resistant scrub typhus

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 545-548

  Dong, Jib Na ^a   Sang, Hoon Han ^b   Kyung, Min Moon ^a   Dong, Jin Kim ^a   Yang, Deok Lee ^a   Yong, Seon Cho ^a   Min, Soo Han ^a   Hee, Jung Yoon ^a  

^a Eulji University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Sun General Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Clarithromycin; Doxycycline; Scrub typhus

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CLARITHROMYCIN; CREATININE; DOXYCYCLINE; HEMAGGLUTININ; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MALE; MYALGIA; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SCRUB TYPHUS; THROMBOCYTE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 34447334226     PISSN: 17383536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4046/trd.2007.62.6.545     Document Type: Article

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